THE COLLECT.O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings
without
charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our
hearts
that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all
virtues, without which whosoever lives is counted dead before thee:
Grant
this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

THE EPISTLE.
1 Cor. 13. 1THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels,
and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling
cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and
all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my
goods
to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not
charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed
up,
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked,
thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth;
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all
things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies,
they
shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there
be
knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we
prophesy
in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which
is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a
child,
I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man,
I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass
darkly;
but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even
as
also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three:
but the greatest of these is charity.

THE GOSPEL.
S. Luke 18. 31THEN Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said
unto them,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the
prophets
concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. For he shall be
delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated,
and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death; and
the
third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these
things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things
which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh
unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way-side begging: and
hearing
the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him,
that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus,
thou
Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before
rebuked
him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou
Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded
him
to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
saying,
What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that
I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy
sight;
thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight,
and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it,
gave praise unto God.

INTROIT. Ps
31:1-6IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; / let me
never
be put to confusion; deliver me in thy righteousness.2 Bow down thine ear to me; / make haste to
deliver me.3 And be thou my strong rock and house of
defence, /
that thou mayest save me.Ant. For thou art my strong rock
and my
castle: / be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's
sake.5 Draw me out of the net that they have hidden
for me;
/ for thou art my strength.6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; / for
thou hast
redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.Glory be. Repeat Antiphon.

GRADUAL. Ps 31:22-26O HOW plentiful is thy goodness, which thou
hast laid
up for them that fear thee, / and that thou hast prepared for them that
put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!23 Thou hidest them in the secret place of
thine own
presence from the plottings of men: / thou shalt keep them secretly in
thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.24 Thanks be to the Lord; / for he hath showed
me his
marvellous loving-kindness in a strong city.25 But as for me, I said in my haste, / 'I am
cast out
of the sight of thine eyes.'26 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer,
/ when I cried unto thee.